Word: nights
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...during the negotiations, 1,500 government reinforcements arrived from outside the city. Arevalo got his nerve back, withdrew his terms, reopened the battle. Government forces burst into Fort Guardia de Honor that night to find that 400 of its 600 defenders had made for the hills. Colonel Barrios had sought asylum in the Salvadorean embassy. The toll of the fighting was estimated at 200 killed, 500 wounded...
...connections with 15 universities, a mailing list of 10,000. But the egg-bald old Count himself seemed depressed at the thought of what still had to be accomplished. "We are all products of a civilization," he said, "which emphasizes always black or white, hot or cold, day or night. Always it is either-or, where more-or-less is a bette explanation of the facts." The semantic outlook was "frankly hopeless." The world was in such a state that even the correct use of words could not cure it. "I can hardly understand," Korzybski said, "why we have...
Sometimes he would bicycle to some Oxfordshire village to talk philosophy with bakers, blacksmiths and shopkeepers. He pedaled his way to grimy Black Country potteries to speak on political science. Night after night, he tramped through muddy lanes to lecture under the auspices of Britain's Workers Education Association, which he himself had helped to found...
...prince, who has obviously learned a few tricks from the British army, comes equipped with electric generators, searchlights and walkie-talkie sets. He has also brought along his royal fiancee (Gail Russell), armed with a movie camera. The challenge is impressive, but Sabu meets it by scuttling about at night releasing the animals the prince has captured by day. This lands him in a peck of trouble with the prince and a pallid little flirtation with the princess. Meanwhile, taking a cue from Gail's amateur camera work, the picture provides some good professional close-ups of unusual birds...
Premium. In Brooklyn-Queens Night Court, York Deas explained that the betting slips found in his pocket must have come with the secondhand pants he bought the night before...